Grand Prize to Prof. Dr. Gökhan Hotamışlıgil from Europe

Prof. Dr. Gökhan Hotamışlıgil Head of the Sabri Ülker Metabolic Research Center who makes researches on genetic and complex diseases within Harvard University was awarded the EASD–Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Award for his groundbreaking work on the relationship between obesity and diabetes and on possible ways of treating these diseases.

The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and the EASD – Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Excellence Award from the Novo Nordisk Foundation is given to outstanding scientists in order to promote innovative research in the field of obesity that is seen in 650 million people and more than 425 million people have struggled all over the world.